Training seminar organised by the Renewables Academy AG (RENAC) together with Green Budget Europe (GBE) will focus on environmental fiscal reform (EFR) policy instruments and the EFR policy cycle, the
Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) subsidy database brings together country-specific energy subsidy estimates for different energy types from a range of sources. For further information and to access the database, visit
The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) is a global knowledge and technical assistance program administered by the World Bank. In 2013, ESMAP launched an Energy Subsidy Reform and Delivery
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) toolkit provides guidance on different financing solutions needed to implement sustainable development strategies, describing their potential, advantages, disadvantages, risks and characteristics. The toolkit includes a
The Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) resource library includes several publications on fiscal instruments. To access the library, visit the GGKP website.
Visit the UN Environment website on fiscal policy for details on research and analysis, country-level studies, and events on green fiscal policy. UN Environment’s work on fiscal policy covers different
Visit the IMF website on Reforming Energy Subsidies for details of IMF research, country-level estimates, presentations, videos and blogs on energy subsidy reform.
The Policy Instruments for the Environment (PINE) database is maintained by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and contains information on environmentally related taxes, fees and charges, tradable
Mapping and Assessing the Performance of Extractive Industries (MAP-X) is an open data platform to map and assess the performance of extractive concessions and contracts in member countries. The MAP-X initiative
This article by Benjamin K. Sovacool provides a review of global energy subsidies—of definitions and estimation techniques, their type and scope, their drawbacks, and effective ways to reform them. The
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